Court orders DSS to grant Emefiele access to family, lawyers

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Friday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, access to his lawyers and family.

The judge granted the order following an oral application by counsel to the CBN governor, Joseph Daudu (SAN), in a suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/6450/23.

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the DSS, and its Director-General were listed as respondents in the suit.